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This morning we tried something new: a version of Cilbir, or Turkish Poached Eggs. We started by whisking together a bowl of plain yogurt with minced garlic, salt, cayenne pepper, and cardamon. Next we chopped a raw potato into squares and steamed it. In one pan, we cooked sliced onions and sticks of zucchini and in another, we fried coarsely chopped mushrooms and thick slices of tomato with basil, black pepper, and salt. Once the vegetables were done and the potatoes were cooked we took the veggies out and transferred the potatoes into the frying pan (leaving the tomato juice in!) and cooked them in oil with salt and pepper. Meanwhile, we poached the eggs and toasted the bread. Once the eggs were ready, we lay a bed of the yogurt mixture onto two small plates and then slid the eggs on top and sprinkled with cinnamon. The yogurt was like a cream sauce only heavenly light and not too sweet. Once we finished our eggs we used the yogurt with the potatoes and veggies and damn was it tasty. This makes an extremely filling breakfast.

This morning we tried something new: a version of Cilbir, or Turkish Poached Eggs.

We started by whisking together a bowl of plain yogurt with minced garlic, salt, cayenne pepper, and cardamon. Next we chopped a raw potato into squares and steamed it. In one pan, we cooked sliced onions and sticks of zucchini and in another, we fried coarsely chopped mushrooms and thick slices of tomato with basil, black pepper, and salt.

Once the vegetables were done and the potatoes were cooked we took the veggies out and transferred the potatoes into the frying pan (leaving the tomato juice in!) and cooked them in oil with salt and pepper. Meanwhile, we poached the eggs and toasted the bread. Once the eggs were ready, we lay a bed of the yogurt mixture onto two small plates and then slid the eggs on top and sprinkled with cinnamon.

The yogurt was like a cream sauce only heavenly light and not too sweet. Once we finished our eggs we used the yogurt with the potatoes and veggies and damn was it tasty. This makes an extremely filling breakfast.

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